History - British

Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete

Holinshed, Raphael; Harrison, William

The work is a monumental compilation of British history, assembled by Raphael Holinshed and William Harrison,…

Life of John Knox, Fifth Edition, Vol. 1 of 2 Containing Illustrations of the History of the Reformation in Scotland

Thomas M'Crie

Thomas M’Crie’s Life of John Knox is a scholarly biography that doubles as a illustrated survey of the…

The Smugglers: Picturesque Chapters in the Story of an Ancient Craft

Charles G. Harper

The work is a historical survey of British smuggling, presented as a series of “picturesque chapters” that…

London

Walter Besant

Walter Besant’s London is a panoramic social history that seeks to render the city’s life as a series of…

A forgotten Prince of Wales

Henry Curties

Hadrian's Wall

Jessie Mothersole

The work is a detailed antiquarian account of Hadrian’s Wall, written by Jessie Mothersole and anchored in…

English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 3: Queen Anne and the Georges

Donald Grant Mitchell

The volume is a scholarly survey of English literary and intellectual life during the reigns of Queen Anne…

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary

David Hume

David Hume’s “The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.

Queen Victoria

Lytton Strachey

The work is a biographical narrative that traces the early life and marriage of Victoria, Queen of Great…

Dickens' London

M. F. Mansfield

The romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The story of her life. Volume II

Burton, Isabel, Lady; Wilkins, W. H.

A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character

Dutton Cook

This work is a nineteenth‑century compendium of anecdotes, statistics and curiosities about British theatre,…

Chronicles of London Bridge

Richard Thompson

Chronicles of London Bridge is a scholarly compendium that sets out to fill the gaps left by earlier…

English Travellers of the Renaissance

Clare Howard

Clare Howard’s English Travellers of the Renaissance is a scholarly essay that surveys the instructional…

The Trial of Oscar Wilde, from the Shorthand Reports

Charles Grolleau

Charles Grolleau’s The Trial of Oscar Wilde, from the Shorthand Reports offers a dense, reflective account of…

A Cruising Voyage Around the World

Woodes Rogers

The work is a first‑person account of Captain Woodes Rogers’s 1708‑11 privateering cruise, presented as a…

500 of the Best Cockney War Stories

Various

The volume is a collection of personal narratives and anecdotes drawn from the First World War, assembled…

Wanderings in London, Piccadilly, Mayfair, and Pall Mall

E. Beresford Chancellor

The work is a leisurely guide to the historic heart of London’s West End, charting a half‑mile walk from the…

The Grand Old Man Or, the Life and Public Services of the Right Honorable William Ewart Gladstone, Four Times Prime Minister of England

Richard B. Cook

The book is a biographical study of William Ewart Gladstone, four‑time Prime Minister of England, written by…

The History of Lumsden's Horse A Complete Record of the Corps from Its Formation to Its Disbandment

The History of Lumsden’s Horse is a regiment‑level chronicle of the Indian volunteer mounted corps that…

The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815

A. F. Mockler-Ferryman

The work is a biographical study of Samuel Rice, a career officer of the 51st Regiment, whose service spanned…

Cricket

The work is an illustrated survey of cricket’s visual heritage, presented as an editorial tribute to the…

The Life of Cardinal Wolsey

George Cavendish

The work is a biographical narrative of Thomas Wolsey, the great cardinal and chief minister of Henry VIII,…

Sussex, Painted by Wilfrid Ball

Hilaire Belloc

The work is a richly illustrated county study that treats Sussex as a living landscape.